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12 whom I sent-back to you (him! That is, my own deep-feelings[a]!), 13 whom I was wishing to hold-back with myself in order that on behalf of you he might be serving me in my imprisonment for the good-news. 14 But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good deed should not be as-if based-on[b] compulsion[c], but based-on willingness[d].

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:12 Onesimus represents Paul’s own deep feelings (or, heart) sent back to Philemon to be ‘refreshed’ (v 20).
  2. Philemon 1:14 Or, by-way-of.
  3. Philemon 1:14 Or, force, necessity.
  4. Philemon 1:14 Or, voluntary-choice.

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